David Gergen actually said...

And that would put them at 60.

He cannot dangle this and then say no to her and because after dissing her in effect for the Vice Presidency and then this, too, that would ...

It's unimaginable that Barack Obama would have had her come to Chicago unless he intended to make her the first choice.

I think it's far more about the symbolism, as Candy is right, than about a cabinet position.